What happened with your build
Freefallin
Glad you asked my man because I was just about to post up some pretty crappy news and lots of questions. Heres what transpired most recently: Got motor installed, installed new battery because was dying, tightened starter bolt because died on test drive a few times, now stays on for most part. Realize there is some valvetrain noise and ended up being lash adjusters. Heres where my story starts to get weird boys...Before installing lash adjusters, I removed all plugs and attempted to turn engine over by hand so I could do the lash adjusters. Long story short, the motor would not spin by hand, so we cranked it over via starter and immediately allowed up to rotate by hand. Inspected all 8 followers on passenger side and looked fine, replaced all 8 lash adjusters and tapping noise went away upon first start up.
Fast forward 3 days to my dyno appointment (my dad and I trailered there). Car made 317 whp on the 3rd pass w/the Vic 100k take out motor and my setup with a 3.6" pulley. Tuner seemed to be dialing in the A/F nicely but out of nowhere, car shuts off at very top of 4th and final pull and the dyno graph showed it falling on its face from the word go. Car would not turn over. Removed plugs, car will not crank by hand and will not crank with starter either, just clicks/clunks once. Just got car home yesterday after getting laid off, having to get a tow dolly to tow it back to my house from the tune and inevitably re-separating my #8 rib on my back from the vertebrae on my spine for the 4th time in the last 4 years, I will not be able to work in the car for a few days.
That being said, I want to the most educated opinions as to what the issue is before I start tearing sheit down once my back heals up. For the record, I did not check timing on the vic motor before installed it, as this was my first rodeo and didn't think to check it. I did pay my Ford Mechanic n the $40/hour to help me get the trans on the motor and motor in car and everything buttoned up and be there for initial startup. Just really rich idle and very lean when driving around block (minus the last adjusters I replaced but cleared up the valvetrain noise), a dead battery and that loose starter bolt is all we could find after initial install and test drive.
As we were loading the car into the damn tow dolly, the front bumper got caught resulting in complete breakage of the unit. So not only have a lost my job, tweaked my back and potentially have a new motor scenario with the motor I just literally got installed, but I also now need a new bumper. Isn't life just a beatch sometimes?! Sorry for complaining, but this is the longest, biggest, crappiest and worst stretch I've ever gone through. i would appreciate any insight on the situation and to how I can diagnose the exact problem and how I can repair in the least expensive way possible. I need to fix the car, fix the paint blemishes and sell it!
Sean
